Well, my recumbent is getting to the point that it's recognizable as such! Here's a couple of pics:
And a close up of the extended arm for the bottom bracket and crank that I had welded on:
Another couple of months and I'll be ridin' 'er!
Here's a look at what we woke up to this morning--the thing we're still adjusting to is that they don't close school over this here!
A very good weekend:
We got together with Erik, Joy, Bekah (up for part of the week) and Bobby (Jen was sick) for a proper St. Patrick's party (Black 'n Tans and GREEN mousse):
And found out Saturday that Missouri has a great "winery trail" less than an hour's drive away (we got to go sample the wares of three different wineries):
So Bobby told me today that he was tired of seeing Kinky every time he checked the site, and that when you're in seminary (and never stop reading or studying) your posts are supposed to basically be (slightly) reworked assignments. Well, I looked through the assignments and realized that I haven't turned in anything that fit both the criteria for being on the blog: (1) that the post be absolutely riveting (well...) (2) that it not be too offensive (here again...).
Well, I decided to reach back in the archives and pull out something I've been meaning to post anyway: the "my personal historiography" paper from Dr. Voskuil's "Historiography" course at Covenant College!
Here's the riveting first paragraph:
All kidding aside, I've wanted to post this paper because the class was very formative for my thinking. I believe that Dr. Voskuil is one of the professors who's thinking I quote most in my teaching (I didn't actually quote his words most because he didn't have a cool Dutch accent...).
If you'd like to read the rest of the paper download one of the files below:
Kinky Friedman is running for governor of Texas as an independent--I don't know much about his politics, but I love his bumper stickers!
When Bishop John Shelby Spong ordained Gene Robinson as bishop of the Diocese of New Hampshire the following letter was sent to the editor of an unknown newspaper (let me know if you know the source):
“I'm just glad that the church's father Henry VIII and his wife Catherine of Aragon, and his wife Anne Boleyn, and his wife Jane Seymour, and his wife Anne of Cleves, and his wife Catherine Howard, and his wife Catherine Parr aren't here to see this slight to the institution of marriage!”
Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that the liberals' slogans and quips are a whole lot more witty than ours?